08/29/2010

The Daily Beast - August 29, 2010

Toronto Star Picture Editor Wanda Goodwin shares these delightful images from a little known animal sanctuary in Costa Rica. The center shelters over 100 orphaned and injured sloths which
receive rehabilitation before being returned to the forest, according
to Judy Arroyo, a co-owner of the sanctuary.

A rescued baby sloth rests over a stuffed toy at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate)

A baby sloth is fed by Teresa Gonzales at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate)

A rescued baby sloth receives a bath by Teresa Gonzales at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate)

A rescued sloth receives food at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate)

A rescued baby sloth sunbathes at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate)

Volunteer worker Claire Trimmer from Britain holds a sloth while she writes information about them at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate)

A rescued baby sloth rests at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate)

I love these pictures. I love animals that are rescued. They love and seem more happy in life then most animals. I rescued kittens that were thown away at one week old. Now they are three years o;d and full of love. I sometimes think, were would they be had I not picked them out of a trash can. I would not trade them for anything in the world.

Back in may I posted a video of baby sloth's from a rescue in Costa Rica. Up until I watched that video, I had never thought much about them. But, they really do have personalities just like other animals. I think they have just gotten a bad rap as lazy & stinky. Maybe if people just took the time to watch them and see their cute faces...we would all think differently when we hear the word sloth.